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Most people with a passing interest in aviation know the general contours of the Spruce Goose story: Built by the eccentric Hollywood filmmaker and respected engineer Howard Hughes, the colossal ...

Bremont’s latest aviation tribute watch, the limited-edition H-4 Hercules, commemorates its namesake wooden aircraft, popularly dubbed Spruce Goose, built in the 1940s. The massive plane—constructed ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For every legendary airplane like the F-16 Viper or Il-2 Shturmovik that sees large-scale production, history is littered with dozens of promising projects that ...

Building on the success of the Wright Flyer and the DH-88, Bremont pays tribute to one of the largest planes ever built Bremont has created a watch that pays tribute to one of aviation's most ...

Often cited as reclusive billionaire and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes’ grand folly, the H-4 Hercules military aircraft (dubbed the “Spruce Goose” despite its birchwood construction) was a ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its exceptionally brief flight career, Spruce Goose helped pioneer aviation design technologies, some of which appeared in later aircraft that were longer and ...